Nursery play apparatus



- 24, 1930. BERMAN 1,765,361

NURSERY PLAY APPARATUS Filed Sept. 21, 1928 l L lNY ENTOR Patented June24, 1930 RITA ZBERMAN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

NURSERY PLAY APPARATUS Application filed September 21, 1928. SerialN0.'307,470.

The object of the'present invention isoto provide a play apparatus forsmall children, so designed that it may afford beneficial exercise andstimulate imagination of the child. It consists primarily of an elevateddeck which is reached by parallel bars, a rope ladder or a climbingrope, the deck being protected by a railing, preferably of bars. Thechild may, for example, play that the deck is deck or crows nest of aship and may climb to and over the same by the rope devices, and,inasmuch as the apparatus is largely of skeleton form, he may pla forexample, that he is a carpenter on a house under construction, may climbto and from the deck or platform by means of the parallel bars,simulating a carpenters ladder. The device offers a wide variety ofexercise for the imagination on the part of the child, as

Well as providing exercise for the entire body.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the emr bodiment ofthe invention, and

Figure 2 is a plan view of'the same.

Referring to the drawings, the device therein shown comprises a baseconsisting of the parallel longitudinalmembers 1 and the connectingtransverse members 2. Hising from the corners of the base member are thefour uprights 8. Intermediate uprights 4 are provided to reinforce theconstruction,

and the uprights may be secured to the base by means of angle-irons 5 orany other suitable manner.

The uprights at the back of the device form longitudinal rails forcross-bars or spokes 7 so that a ladder is provided by means of which achild may climb to a platform 8. The risers 3 and 4: project asufficient distance above the platform 8 to afford a balcony rail orguard, When said risers are connected by a plurality of horizontal railsor bars 9. In the embodiment shown in the drawing, two sets of rails areprovided.

The platform or deck 8 is supported by the uprights 3, 4:, in anysuitable manner. For example, the planks orflooring of the platform maybe connected, by cross pieces at the front of the device.

The child may climb up the ladder afforded by the bars or rungs 7, andmay pull himself up upon the deck 8. He may climb the rope ladder andthence over and upon the front rungs 9, and may descend via the ropeladder or the climbing rope.

It is to be understood that various modifications may be made in theform and arrangement of the elements illustrated in the drawings Withoutdeparting from the spirit i of the invention, for example a pole may besubstituted for the climbing rope and the pole may have lateralprojections or foot pieces for climbing.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent being as follows Anursery play apparatus comprising an elevated rectangular deck, avertical supporting member secured to the deck at each corner andextending above the same, horizontal rails connecting said cornermembers above the deck, a supplementary vertical supporting member forthe deck intermediate each of said corner supporting members andconnected to said horizontal rails, horizontal bars connecting opposedcorner members and one of the supplementary supporting members, ahorlzontal, rectangular base for said vertical supporting members, and arope device suspended from one of said rails above the deck, said ropedevice lying immediately adjacent the deck.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

RITA BERMAN.

